Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 4.5. (a) A member may appoint an individual to serve as a proxy of record in the member's place as a member of the county election board by filing a written instrument appointing the proxy of record with the circuit court clerk. The proxy of record has the same authority to …

Sec. 5. The county chairman of each of the major political parties of a county may nominate, in writing, a member of the chairman's party for appointment to the county election board. The circuit court clerk shall appoint the nominee to the board. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citatio…

Sec. 6. A circuit court clerk shall remove any member of the county election board upon the request of the county chairman of the political party that nominated that member. The clerk then shall appoint a new member nominated by the county chairman. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citat…

Sec. 7. In case of a vacancy in the office of either appointee to a county election board, the circuit court clerk shall, within five (5) days, send written notice of the vacancy to the county chairman of the appointee's political party. The chairman may, within five (5) days aft…

Sec. 8. (a) The members of a county election board shall select one (1) of the appointed members to serve as chairman. (b) If the individual selected to serve as chairman: (1) resigns as chairman; (2) resigns as a member of the county election board; (3) is removed as a member of…

Sec. 9. Each county fiscal body shall determine, in the manner provided by law, the compensation of: (1) the appointed members of the county election board; and (2) the circuit court clerk for the clerk's services as secretary of the county election board. [Pre-1986 Recodificatio…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to the nomination of candidates for town offices in each town having a population of less than three thousand five hundred (3,500) that is not located entirely or partially within a county having a consolidated city. (b) Prison inmates may not be …

Sec. 10. (a) If more than one (1) candidate from the same political party files a declaration of candidacy for the same office, that political party shall conduct: (1) a town convention in an odd-numbered year, if permitted under this chapter; or (2) a primary election; to choose…

Sec. 10.5. (a) A person who desires to be nominated for a town office by a major political party must file a declaration of candidacy with the circuit court clerk of the county containing the greatest percentage of population of the town. (b) A declaration of candidacy must be fi…

Sec. 11. (a) An individual is eligible to participate in a town convention if the individual meets all the following requirements: (1) The voter resides in the town on the date the convention is conducted. (2) The voter became a registered voter of the town not later than the dat…

Sec. 12. (a) The town chairman and secretary of each town political party committee shall act as chairman and secretary of their respective conventions. (b) As the first item of convention business, the town chairman shall make the initial determination regarding which individual…

Sec. 13. (a) The chairman and secretary of a town convention shall execute a certificate of nomination in writing, setting out the following: (1) The name of each nominee as: (A) the nominee wants the nominee's name to appear on the ballot; and (B) the nominee's name is permitted…

Sec. 14. A certificate of nomination executed under section 13 of this chapter must be signed before a person authorized to administer oaths and certify the following information: (1) The name of the party, the town where the convention was held, the date of the convention, and t…

Sec. 14.3. If a convention or a primary election is not required under section 10 of this chapter, notwithstanding IC 3-10-7: (1) a municipal primary election or town convention may not be held; and (2) each candidate who filed a declaration of candidacy shall be placed on the mu…

Sec. 14.5. (a) A town election board or circuit court clerk conducting a municipal election under IC 3-10-7 may not include the name of a candidate nominated by a town convention on the municipal election ballot if the person files a notice to withdraw with the clerk. The circuit…

Sec. 14.7. (a) All questions regarding the validity of: (1) a declaration of candidacy; (2) a petition of nomination; or (3) a certificate of nomination of a candidate by a town convention; subject to this chapter shall be filed under IC 3-8-1-2, with the county election board of…

Sec. 17. (a) This section applies to a political party: (1) not qualified to conduct a primary election under IC 3-10; and (2) not required to nominate candidates by a petition of nomination under IC 3-8-6. (b) An individual who desires to be nominated for a town office by the po…

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies only to a town described in section 1 of this chapter that conducts an election for a town office during an odd-numbered year. (b) A candidate for a town office may be nominated by a major political party using any of the following methods: (1) By…

Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies only to a town described in section 1 of this chapter that conducts an election during an even-numbered year. (b) A candidate for a town office may be nominated by a major political party by a primary conducted under IC 3-10-1. (c) A candidate m…

Sec. 3. (a) Each of the major political parties of the state shall have a committee in a town subject to this chapter known as the __________ town committee of the town of ____________ (designating the name of the party and the town). (b) A political party's town committee consis…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to candidates in all elections and caucuses and to the following types of committees: (1) Candidate's committees. (2) Regular party committees. (3) Political action committees. (4) A legislative caucus committ…

Sec. 10. (a) The treasurer of each committee shall file a report each year that is complete as of December 31 of the previous year and covers the period since the last report. This annual report is due by noon: (1) the third Wednesday in January, in the case of: (A) a candidate's…

Sec. 11. No later than noon thirty (30) days after the date a committee disbands, the last person to be treasurer of the committee shall file a final report that is complete as of the last day the committee existed and covers the period since the last report. [Pre-1986 Recodifica…

Sec. 12. (a) Not later than noon thirty (30) days after the date a treasurer of a continuing committee leaves office, the outgoing treasurer shall file a final report that is complete as of the last day the person was treasurer and covers the period since the last report. (b) Not…

Sec. 13. (a) A person may file duplicates of the reports required to be filed under the federal Election Campaign Act (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) to comply with this chapter. (b) The duplicate must cover all activity of the committee, and the committee shall file a supplementary re…

Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "threshold contribution amount" refers to the following: (1) For contributions made to a candidate's committee, a legislative caucus committee, or a political action committee, one hundred dollars ($100). (2) For contributions made to a regul…

Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to an organization or a committee, other than the candidate's committee, that receives a contribution or makes an expenditure on behalf of a candidate. (b) For purposes of this section, an expenditure is considered to be on behalf of a candidate …

Sec. 16. (a) This subsection applies to a candidate's committee of a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot at any time during a year and who is not a write-in candidate during that year. The reports required to be filed by this chapter are cumulative during the year.…

Sec. 18. (a) Each candidate shall file a statement that the candidate has turned over all contributions received by the candidate to the treasurer of the candidate's principal committee and that to the best of the candidate's knowledge and belief the reports of the candidate's co…

Sec. 2. The following persons, whenever required to file a report, notice, or other instrument by this article, shall file it with the election division: (1) Candidates for state office and their candidate's committees. (2) The following central committees: (A) State committees. …

Sec. 20.1. (a) This section: (1) applies only to a large contribution that is received and accepted by a candidate, the candidate's committee, or the treasurer of the candidate's committee; and (2) does not apply to a candidate for a state office, the candidate's committee, or th…

Sec. 22. (a) This section applies only to a large contribution that is received and accepted by a candidate for a state office, the candidate's committee, or the treasurer of the candidate's committee. (b) As used in this section, "election" refers to any of the following: (1) Fo…

Sec. 3. (a) A candidate for legislative office and the candidate's committee shall file each report, notice, or other instrument required by this article with the election division. (b) The circuit court clerk shall, at the request of any person, furnish the person a copy of a re…

Sec. 4. The following persons, whenever required to file a report, notice, or other instrument by this article, shall file it with the county election board of each county comprising part of the affected election district: (1) Candidates for local office and their candidate's com…

Sec. 5. The treasurer of each committee shall file reports of receipts and expenditures on forms prescribed or approved by the election division. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-6-2.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.114; P.L.169-2015, SEC.75.

Sec. 6. (a) This subsection applies to a candidate's committee other than a candidate's committee of a candidate for a state office. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each committee, the committee's treasurer, and each candidate shall complete a report required by thi…

Sec. 7. (a) A person may deliver reports to the appropriate office as follows: (1) By hand. (2) By mail. (3) By electronic mail, if the appropriate office has the capacity to do all of the following: (A) Receive electronic mail. (B) Electronically record the date and time that el…

Sec. 8. (a) This section: (1) applies to a candidate for nomination to an office in a convention who becomes a candidate less than twenty-five (25) days before the nomination date for a candidate chosen at a convention; and (2) does not apply to a candidate for nomination to a st…

Sec. 8.2. (a) This section applies to a candidate who is nominated by petition under IC 3-8-6. (b) A candidate is not required to prepare or file a report before the nomination date. (c) The period for the first report required for a candidate begins on the date that the individu…

Sec. 8.4. (a) This section applies to a candidate who files a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate under IC 3-8-2. (b) A candidate is not required to prepare or file a report before the nomination date. (c) The period for the first report required for a candidate begi…

Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies to a candidate who is selected to fill a vacancy on the ballot under IC 3-13-1 or IC 3-13-2. (b) A candidate is not required to prepare or file a report before the nomination date. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the period for the fir…

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), in a year in which a candidate is not a candidate for election to an office to which this article applies or does not seek nomination at a caucus or state convention for election to an office to which this article applies…

Sec. 1. Whenever the Congress of the United States proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States and proposes that it be ratified by conventions in the several states, the governor shall fix, by proclamation, the date of an election to elect the delegates to the …

Sec. 10. A petition required by section 7 of this chapter may not include a candidate's political party or political designation. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 11. A petition required by section 7 of this chapter may not contain the name of a candidate whose position as stated is inconsistent with that of another candidate on the same petition. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 12. A person may not sign both a petition for a candidate in favor of ratification and a petition for a candidate opposed to ratification. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.